flown missionSuccess
Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 3 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Skynet 5D is a military communications satellite operated by Astrium Services on behalf of the British Ministry of Defence. It operates in a geostationary orbit at 25 degrees East. Mexsat-3 is part of the MEXSAT telecommunications network and occupies 114.9 degrees West. It provides broadband, high quality telephony and much more for Mexico.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Family
- Ariane
- Variant
- ECA
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
webcasts
launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2390, -52.7680